Awayo Surname
Approximately 1,453 people bear this surname
Awayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,343 | 1:29,069 | 3,999 |
| Belize | 50 | 1:7,109 | 1,087 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Awayo (66) may also be a first name.
Awayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awayo is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awayo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 268,560th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,015,517 people. The surname Awayo occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Awayo are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Awayo is also the 1,201,840th most prevalent forename at a global level, held by 66 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,343 people, or 1 in 29,069. In Uganda Awayo is mostly concentrated in: Kaberamaido District, where 38 percent reside, Soroti District, where 30 percent reside and Serere District, where 9 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Belize, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Awayo
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